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How Quickly Did Your Country Adopt the Internet?

The World Wide Web is 25 years old. Looking back, it's tough to imagine a world without phrases like "vlog," "GIF" or "Klout score." I mean, how did people even meet rural singles from across the country before the web? Did they, like, talk — face to face? With their mouths?

To celebrate the big 2-5, Esri created an interactive map that highlights how the web spread across the world over the past quarter-century. Click through the years to advance from 1993 up to 2012. The blue dots are based on number of users per 100 people — click on them for more information. All data is taken from the World Bank.

Some highlights: 82 countries gained Internet access between 1993 and 1998, most of which occurred in South America and Asia. As of 2012, 203 countries had access to the Internet, and nearly 80 were more than 50% connected.

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